Huge Blowdown

[JCM 10,370]

I can honestly say after meandering the Maine woods for 50 years I have never come across a blowdown this big and it was right next to the trail system in the rear corner of the woodlot with a smaller one behind it. Estimating the size was 10' tall x 20' wide. The deer hunting season ended yesterday so it was safe to hit the trails to check things out. Removed the mower deck, changed the engine oil and cleaned /re oiled the foam air filter on the 418-A . 

Edited 13 hours ago by JCM

[ebinmaine 75,123]

WOW!!

 

 

 

[JCM 10,370]

5 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

WOW!!

 

 

 

Exactly my thoughts as I was headed in the direction of it because I had no idea what I was looking at from a distance. 

[ebinmaine 75,123]

2 minutes ago, JCM said:

Exactly my thoughts as I was headed in the direction of it because I had no idea what I was looking at from a distance. 

 

Upturned root clusters have often fooled me into thinking it may have been an animal. Smaller ones look like bears. Bigger ones look like a side standing moose.  

 

 

[Handy Don 14,918]

2 hours ago, JCM said:

Definitely WOW.

Noticed that the tree didn’t just get blown over, it got carried some distance from where it was torn from the ground.

Amazing to me how shallow the root system was--hence the wide spread. Looks like it was growing on top of an impermeable layer of rock. 

[ebinmaine 75,123]

Jim what kind what it? 

White pine or a hemlock? 

[ri702bill 10,377]

8 hours ago, Handy Don said:

how shallow the root system was

[JCM 10,370]

24 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Jim what kind what it? 

White pine or a hemlock? 

Hemlock

[ebinmaine 75,123]

Super shallow roots as a standard then. 

 

Also usable for beams or firewood.  

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,909]

You have till next Sept to get it cleared out 

  Just kidding of course!